Study abroad student from Marquette

 

SOUTH AMERICA STUDY
ABROAD PROGRAMS

 

The City - Santiago, CHile

Santiago, the capital of Chile, is the political, economic and cultural center of the country. With a population of six million, it is home to nearly one third of Chile's total population and serves as one of South America’s key financial hubs. The avant-garde architectural lines of the modern constructions that make up the business district blend in harmony with turn-of-the-century buildings, such as La Moneda (Government House) and the Civic Center. This blend of modernity and tradition has given Santiago, Chile’s gateway city, its distinctive seal as a cosmopolitan city that is open to its visitors.

The imposing Andes Mountains rise majestically around Santiago. Their snow-capped summits and hills slope down to the very heart of the city. The Santa Lucía and San Cristóbal Hills, the city’s green lungs, have become favorite excursion sites for Santiago residents. Due to its geographic location, Santiago is one of the few capital cities in the world which has easy access both to ski slopes, just 25 miles away, and beaches, located 60 miles away. The city has a relatively warm climate and reverse seasons from the United States with winter beginning in June and summer in December.

The University - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

The Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) is the largest university in South American and one of three Catholic universities in the country. This private university has four urban campuses located throughout Santiago, and its 1,800 faculty members serve 11,000 students.

This program is a great fit for students with advanced Spanish language skills, looking for an immersion experience at a Latin American university. Students engage in course work with Chilean students at PUC and also have the opportunity to participate in an optional service learning course at the nearby Jesuit institution, Universidad Alberto Hurtado (UAH). 

Housing

Students are responsible for making their own housing arrangements. Students can opt to live with Chilean host families in and around Santiago, as well as in apartments or student residences. OIE can provide assistance.

Academics

Eligibility
Minimum Sophomore standing; 3.0 GPA; Minimum of five semesters of college level Spanish

Language
Courses are taught in Spanish

Orientation
Students participate in an on-site orientation offered to all study abroad students by PUC. In addition, students are encouraged to participate in the optional, non-credit bearing, pre-program in rural Linares that provides an intensive introduction to Spanish language and Chilean culture.

Courses Offered

All students are required to take a placement test and register for the appropriate Spanish for Foreigners course at PUC. This course is typically the only class students take with other international students. The other courses are regular university classes with Chilean students.

In addition to the required Spanish course, students choose one of the following options:

  1. Three to four elective courses from PUC or
  2. One to two elective course(s) from PUC and a six-credit service learning course, Poverty and Development, taught at Universidad Alberto Hurtado which includes placement in a rural community site in surrounding Santiago

Eligibility

All participants must have at least sophomore standing, a recommended five semesters of college Spanish or the equivalent and an overal 3.0 (3.0 GPA in Spanish courses

Dates

Students are able to study at PUC for a semester or full year. Typically the fall semester is early-July to mid-December, the spring semester is early-February to mid-July.

  Fall 2011 Spring 2012
Pre-Program (opt.) July 11-25 February 5-25
Orientation July 28-29 March 1-2
Classes begin August 1 March 5
Exams Nov. 23 - Dec. 7 June 25 - July 11
End of Semester December 16 July 11

 

Visa & Travel

A student visa is required for this program.  Students should start gathering visa application materials as soon as they are accepted to the program. An FBI background check is required, which takes several weeks to obtain. Generally, students are required to mail in their visa application to the appropriate Chilean consulate and pick it up in person. Ultimately, procuring the visa is the sole responsibility of the student.

Students participating in this program are expected to make their own flight arrangements.  You must wait until you have been officially accepted to the program by the PUC before purchasing airline tickets. Student Universe (www.studentuniverse.com) and STA Travel (www.statravel.com) are two travel agencies that can often help students find flexible, discounted tickets.

Program Type

This is a Marquette home billed program, so most financial aid generally applies. To learn more about how the program will affect your specific aid package, go to the Office of Student Financial Aid.

Historic Course Equivalencies

Please note that the courses listed here have been approved in general for Marquette credit.  However, because each individual academic record is unique, depending on the college, the major and courses taken previously, not every course will qualify to be used toward a Marquette degree.  Therefore, current Marquette students must have prior approval from the their college office, before enrolling in these courses.  Without this prior approval, any course taken at another institution will likely not be accepted toward the Marquette degree.

Study abroad course Number Marquette equivalency Number
SEMINAR ON ADVERTISING EAA239E Seminar in Advertising & PR: ADPR 4953
REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF AMERICA GEO1412 Lower Div Transfer: Elective ANTH 9290
ANTHROPOLOGY OF CHILE IHA0011 Lower Div Transfer: Elective ANTH 9290
CHILEAN FOLKORE ESO008 Lower Div Transfer: Elective ARSC 9290
NATIVE FLORA AGC220 Upper Div Transfer: Elective ARSC 9390
CORPORATE LAW CORPLAW Upper Div Transfer: Elective ARSC 9390
SEMINARIO DE CULTURA CHILENA SMW1090 Upper Div Transfer: Elective ARSC 9390
TRIAL & PROCEEDING TRIALPROC Upper Div Transfer: Elective ARSC 9390
MACRO ECONOMICS EAE120A Principles of  Macroeconomics ECON 2004
NVIRONMENTAL ECON & NAT RESOUR EAE295C Environm&Natural Resource Econ ECON 4016
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC PO EAE216A Lower Div Transfer: Elective ECON 9290
CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION CONTEDUC Lower Div Transfer: Elective EDUC 9290
DRAMA LET1745 Intro to Literature: Drama ENGL 2720
THR PROSE OF BORGES LET228E Individual Authors: ENGL 4610
SHORT STORY ILI1747 Studies in Genre: ENGL 4710
CHILEAN & LATINAMERICAN WRITTI ILD2064 Upper Div Transfer: Writing ENGL 9394
PHOTOGRAPHY ARO3831 Principles of Photography FIAR 2800
TOPICS IN CORPORATE FINANCE EAA328C Topics In Finance: FINA 4931
MODERN CHILEAN HISTORY HIS513-01 Elect: Third World HIST  180
LATIN AMER HIST IN THE XX CENT HIS561-01 Elect: Third World HIST  180
LATIN AMERICA 20TH CENTURY ICP2001 Lower Div Transfer: Elective HIST 9290
MEXICO: HISTORY & CULTURE IHI2301 Lower Div Transfer: Elective HIST 9290
HIST OF AMER& CHILEAN 19TH CEN IHV0102 Uppr Div Trans: Europe Elec HIST 9405
HIST CHILE & AMERICA IN 20TH C IHT0106 Upper Div Trans:3rd Wrld Elec HIST 9406
HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION EAA240A Management Human Resources HURE 3001
CHILEAN ECONOMY CHILEECONO Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
CURRENT ISSUES IN ECONOMICS CIE09 Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
HUMAN BEHAVIOR-ORGANIZATIONS EAA104A Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP EAA203F Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS EAA208B Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
BUSINESS & LEGISLATION EAA218A Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
BUSINESS POLICY EAA305A Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
CHILEAN ECONOMICS EAE206A Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
ECONOMY & POVERTY EAE260B Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
PROBLEMAS ECONLATINOAMERICAN EAE292A Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
INTERNATIONAL RELATION IN ASIA ICP0313 Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ICP0316 Upper Div Transfer: Elective INBU 9390
MANAGEMENT OF TECHNICAL INFOR IIC3712 Intro to Info Technology INTE 3001
MERCADOS (MARKETING) EAA230A Intro to Marketing MARK 3001
PRODUCT & MARKETING STRATEGY EAA339H Product and Pricing Strategy MARK 4080
MARKETING DE SERVICIO EAA238F Topics In Marketing: MARK 4931
TOPICS IN MARKETING EAA338B Topics In Marketing: MARK 4931
20TH CENT AMER & CHILE HIST IHV0103 UARSC Evaluate NONE 9202
ADV SPANISH COMP & CONVERSATIO LET019P UARSC Evaluate NONE 9202
ANAL OF THE 21 CENT CHILE NOVE LET236E UARSC Evaluate NONE 9202
LOGIC LOGIC Logic PHIL 1000
ETHICS FIL184 Theory of Ethics PHIL 2310
METAPHYSICS METAPHYSIC Metaphysics PHIL 3410
HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY FIL122T Early Modern Philosophy PHIL 3650
BUSINESS ETHICS EAD206A Business Ethics PHIL 4330
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION FIL070 Philosophy of Religion PHIL 4510
PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY FIL180L Upper Div Transfer: Elective PHIL 9390
SAINT THOMAS SAINTTHOMA Upper Div Transfer: Elective PHIL 9390
SCIENCE & CULTURE FIL400B Lower Divi Transfer: Elective PHYS 9290
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:SOL SYS INTERPOLIT International Law POSC 4601
ARMS AND POLITICAL CONFLICT ICP0312 World Conflict and Security POSC 4631
MODELS OF DEV IN LATIN AMER ICP0110 Lower Div Transfer: Elective POSC 9290
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF CHIL ICP3202 Upper Div Trans:Intl Pol Elec POSC 9403
POLITICAL ENDEAVORS ICP3312 Upper Div Trans:Intl Pol Elec POSC 9403
SOCIOLOGY SOG102P Principles of Sociology SOCI 1001
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND COMMUNICAT POL330 Upper Div Transfer: Elective SOCI 9390
INTENSIVE SPANISH INTSPAN09 Intensive Elementary Spanish SPAN 1003
ADVANCE SPANISH FOR FOREIGNERS SVA1083 Grammar Review & Writing SPAN 3001
ADVANCED SPANISH ADVSPAN Adv Spanish Compos & Conversat SPAN 3100
SPANISH LANGUAGE REVIEW PEE001A Adv Spanish Compos & Conversat SPAN 3100
SPANISH WRITING PIIE099-02 Adv Spanish Compos & Conversat SPAN 3100
SPANISH FOR FOREIGNERS SNW1013 Adv Spanish Compos & Conversat SPAN 3100
CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD LATINOAMERI PSB408 Peoples/Cultures Span America SPAN 3310
SEMINAR ON CHILEAN CULTURE SAE002C Peoples/Cultures Span America SPAN 3310
CHILEAN CULTURE SMW1020 Contemp Issues/Hispanic World SPAN 3320
ANALYSIS OF HISPANIC LITERARY ILH1216 Literary Analysis in Spanish SPAN 3500
SPAN LANG ADVAN LEVEL PERFECT SPANLANG Adv Spanish Grammar & Syntax SPAN 4110
CHILEAN HISPANIC AMER POETRY LET106H Spanish-Am Lit: 18th & 19th Ce SPAN 4610
CHILEAN NAR:VOICES O/T 20TH CE LET219E Spanish-Am Lit: 18th & 19th Ce SPAN 4610
LATIN AMERICA: CHILEAN NARRATI LET105H Span-Am Lit: Modern/Vanguard SPAN 4615
HISTORY OF CHILEAN PHOTOGRAPHY ESO2282 Topics Spanish Lang/Cultr/Lit: SPAN 4931
CHILEAN AND HISPANIC LIT 3 LCL446-01 Topics Spanish Lang/Cultr/Lit: SPAN 4931
SUPERIOR SPAN COURSE (GRAM) PEE001C Lower Div Transfer: Non-Lit SPAN 9293
SPANISH INTENSIVE COURSE PEE014A Lower Div Transfer: Non-Lit SPAN 9293
REINFORCEMENT SPANISH LANGUAGE REINFSPLAN Lower Div Transfer: Non-Lit SPAN 9293
LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE LATAMERLIT Upper Div Transfer: Literature SPAN 9392
LATIN AMERICAN CULT & SOC CULT&SOC Upper Div Transfer: Non-Lit SPAN 9393
CURSO ESPANOL AVANZADO PEE001B Upper Div Transfer: Non-Lit SPAN 9393
CHILEAN & LATINAMERICAN THEATR ILD2062 Lower Div Transfer: Elective THAR 9290
RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY RELIGCHRIS Survey of World Religions THEO 4510
REVELATIONS & FAITH TTF012 Lower Div Transfer: 2nd Level THEO 9298
CHRSTN REL IN THE ACTL WRLD TTF017 Lower Div Transfer: 2nd Level THEO 9298
PSYCHOLOGY:CHRISTIAN RELIGION PSYCCHRREL Upper Div Transfer: 3rd Level THEO 9399
LOVE AND MARRIAGE TEB102 Upper Div Transfer: 3rd Level THEO 9399
RELIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDR TEU213 Upper Div Transfer: 3rd Level THEO 9399
REVELATION AND FAITH TIF012 Upper Div Transfer: 3rd Level THEO 9399
CHRISTIAN RELIGION & PSYCHOLOG TTF019 Upper Div Transfer: 3rd Level THEO 9399
GOD IN THE CULTURES (THEOLOGY) TTF020 Upper Div Transfer: 3rd Level THEO 9399
SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH TTF040 Upper Div Transfer: 3rd Level THEO 9399

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